(TritonRider) wrote in message ...
From: (Keith Alexander)

Can anyone share advice on how to approach the race
from start to finish? Any advice on nutrition the
night before and the morning of?

Thanks.

KA

Make sure your hydrated, warm up really well, line up early and near the
front, stay in the front half of the pack if you can.
Bill C

Keith

Just treat it like a weekend group ride. Ride to it if you can. Bring
a backpack, or have a girlfriend drive there.
If you do drive, try to ride for an hour ride before the race. You
only need 20-30 minutes to warm-up, but if you are like most, probably
feel better after even more riding. Think of how you feel at the one
hour mark of a three hour Saturday training ride. That's what you
want.

Many weekend warriors ride hard Sat and Sun. Many racers compete both
days. Some riders feel better on the second day. If that is you, take
it easy two days before your race, and go hard the day before. Easy
means 75-90 mins at HR120 and cadence90. The ideal would be Friday
easy, Saturday good group ride, go hard, maybe two or three jumps up
to 30 seconds, just to open up the legs. Race well on Sunday. If the
race is Saturday, try to bump it up to Thursday easy, Friday some
jumps. Jumps can be 3-5 15 second efforts during a two hour ride.

Bottomline, if you've been training, just try to remember when you
felt good on the bike, and try to do the same things leading up to the
race that you did when you felt good.

Check you wheel skewers, too. Good luck.


crit pro